Archives - 12 September 2017, Tuesday

Amid statewide efforts to clean up the aftermath left by the historic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey , the Pentagon announced last week that it had dispatched C-130H Sprayers from the Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing in order to "assist with recovery efforts in eastern Texa...

Then there is carbon accounting across the public sector — including with the companies that want to do business with the government — and divestment of fossil fuel assets on the part of pension funds and financial institutions, as well as entities in the private, non-profit, and educ...

Pope Francis once again spoke out against climate change deniers during an in-flight press conference from Columbia to Rome on Sunday. As the papal plane flew near Caribbean islands pummeled by Hurricane Irma , the pope said that those who reject climate science remind him of a psalm ...

The white giraffes were spotted in an area where HCP, a Kenya-based non-governmental organization and partner Rainforest Trust , are protecting habitat for the hirola antelope. Rangers reported the white giraffes after hearing about them from villagers who live nearby, according to HC...

It's official. The solar industry has met the 2020 utility-scale solar cost target set by the Energy Department's SunShot Initiative -- three years early. The DOE released new research today that shows the average price of utility-scale solar is now under $1 per watt and below 6 cents...

Food items redistributed by The Free Store include salads, sandwiches, pies, rice meals and other pastries. Benjamin Johnson How a Free Grocery Store Is Cutting Food Waste—and Hunger By Rina Diane On a windy late afternoon, dozens of people have lined up in front of a 20-foot-long rep...

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest, organized by the Natural History Museum, London , has been stunning audiences with beautiful, dramatic photos of the natural world for 53 years. This year's competition attracted nearly 50,000 entries across 92 countries. Judges chose the...

This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last month, Hurricane Harvey dropped an unprecedented 50 inches of rain in Houston and across southeast Texas causing deadly floods and environmental disasters , such ...

The third aspect addresses digital empowerment and collective intelligence. We are expanding this to many areas like city planning, cultural activities and citizens initiatives with experiments like PAM . But above all, the digital education project is aimed at rethinking education an...

I can imagine this is not so easy to solve. I would take steps to bring my dog with me (little terrier) in a traveling box, with sufficient food and water (evtl. also medication) and put a collar with a little watertight container (in metal) in which I would put a paper, with my name ...

The nation's largest oil refinery, owned by Motiva and located in Port Arthur, Texas, was forced to shut down due to flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Alex Glostrum / Louisiana Bucket Brigade Hurricanes Irma and Harvey Cast Spotlight on Toxic Sites In Our Midst By Diane Carman Our count...

While city climate funds can provide financing for a range of clean tech and efficiency projects, we focus here on efficiency financing for large and mid-sized commercial buildings given the considerable role that buildings play in a city’s overall emissions. Indeed, while buildings c...

A series of undercover investigations by the NGO TRAFFIC over several years in five Central African countries has revealed a shift in the region from local markets for ivory to an ‘underground’ international trade. The resulting report, published Sept. 7, finds that organized crime ou...

Finally, there’s some good environmental news to celebrate: One of the earth’s largest Marine Protected Areas (MPA) was just created off the coast of Easter Island. Easter Island is a small island located more than 2,000 miles off the coast of South America that’s otherwise known as R...

When the power's out, things can get a little scary. There's the ever-present danger of knocking your knee into the coffee table (though, at least this time, you can blame the lack of lighting). Perhaps most horrifying of all, however, is that there's no way to charge your cellphone. ...

“We’re delighted to be awarded a Contract for Difference for Hornsea Project Two, which is another important step towards fulfilling our vision of making offshore wind the most competitive form of electricity generation,” Said Samuel Leupold, the Executive Vice President and CEO of Wi...

NREL Report Shows Utility-Scale Solar PV System Cost Fell Nearly 30% Last Year September 12, 2017 Record-low costs enabled by decline in module and inverter prices The installed cost of solar power fell to record lows in the first quarter of 2017 because of the continuing decline in p...

This week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York City gives denizens of “Development World” the chance to update their mental maps of how forests contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As argued in our book, Why Forests? Why Now? , there’s good reason to do so:...

Created by Russian-Canadian programmer Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum is a decentralized platform for creating applications that are impervious to fraud, censorship or third-party interference. It can be used to create digital currencies or to transmit funds or data without providing your ...

The lucky participants include a London broadcaster, a Parisian taxi driver, an event planner from New York, a German police officer, and a British travel journalist. Each will spend three days in their own cabin located on Henriksholm island in West Sweden, experiencing the Swedish “...

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Housing is really expensive in our successful cities, and young people in particular are finding it difficult to find or afford a place to live near where they work. That’s why co-living projects are popping up in cities like Los Angeles and Amsterdam. Now one of the biggest co-living...

The Mason jar is a mainstay in every zero-waste, plastic-free, home-cooking, tree-hugging household these days. Beloved by hipsters for mixing cocktails and schlepping cappuccinos, by home canners for preserving garden produce, by DIYers and Pinterest fans for organizing and decoratin...

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By Kert Davies, crossposted from Climate Investigations Center Q: What does spending tens of millions of dollars supporting climate denial organizations over a twenty year period buy you? A: Donald Trump, abdication of U.S. leadership on climate and increased risk of damage from clima...

I was concerned initially that Volkswagen and others would electrify models via small batteries and weak motors. I was concerned the overwhelming focus of plug-in cars would be transitional plug-in hybrids. But 50 fully electric cars is an ambitious move. Another 30 or so plug-in hybr...

Sea salt deposits in the Mediterranean Salt has sure gotten complicated over the years. That cylindrical container that was the go-to seasoning option for your parents and grandparents has been often relegated to the lower hard-to-see shelves at most supermarkets. Now the rules concer...

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U.K. nuclear and gas generators have been put on alert after offshore wind showed it could beat them on price this week. “Today’s results mean that both onshore and offshore wind are cheaper than gas and nuclear,” said Hugh McNeal, chief executive of the U.K. renewable energy trade as...

The six-day LOKAL pop-up program is open to the public and features five parts with a mixture of hosts starting with SPACE10’s LOKAL Salads, where visitors can find a futuristic salad bar that provides meals of hydroponic microgreens topped with delicious locally sourced ingredients. ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) granted all Florida power plants a "no action assurance " on Monday as the state tries to turn the lights back on post-Hurricane Irma . The waiver, given at the request of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and effective ...

Papayas are big business in Hawaii. In 2016, the islands produced nearly 20 million pounds of the tropical melon, valued at an estimated $10 million. The Hawaiian papaya is also highly controversial. After the papaya ringspot virus decimated the island’s crop three decades ago, much o...